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PATENTBD MAR. 15,1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 15, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WINDOW SPECIFICATION formngpart of Letters Patent No. 7 54,425, datedMarch 15, 1904.

Application filed August'z, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, OT'ro E. CLUss, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Windows, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates more particularly to metallic or sheet -metalwindows especially adapted for fireproof buildings; but, as willhereinafter appear, some features of my invention are also applicable toother forms of windows.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide improved means foradjusting the pulleystile and sash relatively, so that if for any causeit may be found necessary after the sash is put in place to move thestile laterally in order to compensate for the settling of the buildingor for miscalculation it may be conveniently accomplished and the sashcaused to accurately lit therewith.

Another object of my invention is to provide guide-rollers between thesash and the pulley-stile or some other part of the windowframe forguiding the sash in its rising and falling movements and relieving it ofundue friction against the stile o r frame and at the same time holdingthe sash from being pushed in or out.

Another object of my invention is to provide improved and simple meansfor the attachment of the guide-rollers to a metallic .sash

whereby the rollers may be secured to the edges of the sash before theedges are put in place and when in place will serve as a housing forpartially inclosing the rollers and their supporting brackets orbearings.

With these ends in View my invention consists in certain features ofnovelty in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts bywhich the said objects and certain other objects hereinafter appearingare attained, all as fully described'with reference to the accompanyingdrawings and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the said drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my improvedwindow, partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with the topor head of the window-frame removed.

Serial No. 118,038. (No model.)

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig.l is an enlarged vertical section on thea line 4 4, Fig. 1, with thesash removed, the middle portion being broken away. Fig. 5 is anenlarged transverse section of one side of the window-frame. Fig. 6 isan enlarged transverse section of one of the vertical bars of the sash.Fig. 7 is a trans- Verse section of the upper and lower horizontal barsof the upper and lower sash, respectively.l Fig. 8 is a transversesection of the upper bar of the upper sash. Fig. 9 is a perspective viewof one corner of the lsash with the edge strip withdrawn.' Fig. l0 is anenlarged plan View of the sash and the upper end of one side of theframe, showing the means for adjusting the pulley-Stiles at the head;and Fig. 11 is a side or face elevation thereof.

The sill l and head 2 of the window-frame maybe constructed in the usualor any suitable way; but in the example of the invention shown in thedrawings they are composed of sheet metal bent to the proper form. Thesides of the frame, which constitute the Stiles', the back lining, andthe stile-pockets for the sash-weights, are preferably constructed ofsheet metal, as shown at Fig. 5, which illustrates one side, theopposite side being the duplicate of this. In this construction of framethe pulley-Stiles are shown as composed of a sheet or strip of metalbent outwardly or embossed in the form of a truncated cone incross-section, as shown at 3, one of these cones for each of the stileswhich extend vertically throughout the height of the side members of thewindow-frame. One edge or side of this aforesaid sheet of metal is bentat right angles to the pulley-stile, as shown at 4., constituting oneface of the frame, while the opposite side is bent inwardly againstitself in a return-bend 5 and thenceA outwardly again to constitute asmall U-shaped socket 6, with the opening thereof presented outwardly,and in this socket engages an inturned end or edge 7, formed on one edgeof a plate or sheet 8, the inner edge of the bend 7 and the outer edgeof one branch of the U 6 being provided with flanges or lugs 9 l0,respectively, turned to- 'ward each other, so that after bend 7 has beeninserted in the socket 6 it will be held against IOO withdrawal by theengagement of these lugs or flanges 9 10, the sides of the U or socket 6being subsequently clamped together against the bend 7 by means of abolt or rivet 11. The other vertical edge of the plate or strip 8 isprovided with a fiange or lug 12, which is inserted in a U-shaped socketformed by two return-bends 13 14, extending throughout one of thevertical edges of the back lining 15, the return-bends 13 14 beinglikewise provided with bolts or rivets 16 passing through them forclamping the iange or lug 12 and preventing the same being pulledVoutwardly past a similar lug or flange 17, formed along the outer edgeof one branch of the return-bend 13. The free end of the bend 4 on theopposite side of the frame is inserted in a U-shaped socket orreturn-bend 18, formed on this edge of the back lining 15 and having atits free end or edge a lug or iiange 19, turned inwardly to engage asimilar lug or flange 20, turned outwardly along the vertical edge ofthe bend 4.

21 is a parting-strip or partition for dividing the window-frame intotwo'pockets 22 23 for the sash-weights 24 25, respectively. One edge ofthis partition or parting-strip 21 is secured by rivets 26 to thepulley-Stiles, while the inner edge is received by a socket 27,constituted by a return-bend in the back lining 15.

By the means described it will be'see'n that the pulley-Stiles arecapable of a considerable range of adjustment with relation to the backlining 15 after the window-frame has been put in place by virtue of thesockets 13, 18, and 27, and consequently the pulley-Stiles may beadjusted at the top or at the bottom, or at both top and bottom, as maybe necessary, to cause them to fit properly against the sash. Thisadjustment may be effected in any suitable way, by hand or by mechanism,but preferably by the mechanism which I have Shown in the drawings andwhich will now be described. Secured to the head of the pulleystileagainst the inner face thereof by means of rivets or screws 28 or anysuitable devices is a casting 29, which preferably conforms to thetruncated-cone shape of the stiles, as bet'- ter shown in Fig. 10, anddirectly opposite this casting 29 is arranged a casting 30, which issecured in any'suitable way to the upper end of back lining 15. Betweenthese castings extend set-screws 31, access to which may be had throughthe openings in the sideof the frame (see Fig. l) before said openingsare closed, provided with right and left threads 32 33, threaded incastings 29 and 30, respectively, so that when they are rotated in onedirection the castings will be forced asunder and in the oppositedirection will be drawn together; but the back lining 15 having firmabutment against the brick or masonry jambs 34 the casting 29 alone willundergo motion,

and consequently the pulley-stile may be adjusted as desired at the heador upper end.

In order that the pulley-stile may be likewise adjusted at the sill orlower end a casting 35 is secured thereto adjacent to the sill l bymeans of screws or rivets 36, and opposite this casting is located acasting 37, which is secured to the back lining 15, the two castings 3537 being connected together by setscrews 38, having right and leftthreads 39 40 threaded in the castings 37 35,respectively, for forcingthem apart or drawing them together, and thereby adjusting thepulley-Stiles at the sill. The upper castings 29 also carry brackets 41,in which the pulleys 42 for the sash-weight ribbons or cords 43 arejournaled,

in suitable brackets 46, supported on the sash in any suitable way.

The peripheries of the rollers 45 are V- shaped also `or complementaryin shapeto the shape of the grooves in the pulley-stile, whereby therollers will not only serve as antifric-l tion devices for relieving thesash of undue friction, but will perform a more important function ofguiding the sash and holding the same against inward and outwardmovement.

The bars constituting the sash or the outer frame portion thereof arepreferably composed ofsheet-metal, and the pulley-brackets 46 are housedwithin the vertical bars, so that the peripheries of the pulleys willproject through into engagement with the grooves 44 in thepulley-Stiles. The sash may be best constructed as shown in Figs. 6 to9, inclusive. From Fig. 9 it will be seen that the faces of thesash-bars are constituted by plates or strips whose edges are formedwith inturned anges or bends 47, and the edges of the sash-bars.

are `constituted by separate strips 48, having outturned bends orfianges 49, which are adapted to engage in the sockets constituted bythe bends 47 as shown more clearly in Figs. 6 and 9, the strips 48 beinginserted endwise after the face members 47 L of the sashbars have beensecured together at thecorners by rivets 47 b or any other suitablemeans Hence it will be seen that the brackets 46 for the guide-rollers45 may be riveted or otherwise secured to the inner faces of the strips48 and the latter then inserted int'o place, the horizontal strips 48being inserted afterward. This construction also produces at the edgesof the sash two outwardly-'projecting flanges, as clearly shown in Figs.6 and 10,which embrace the embossed truncated cone-shaped stiles 3, andthereby make the window dust and weather proof.

The construction of sash just described has reference to the verticalside rails or bars of both sash and to the horizontal bars at the lowerend of the lower sash and the upper end of the upper sash; but the twohorizontal bars IOO IIO

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at the meeting ends of the vsash are preferably constructed as shown inFig. 7. In this iigure it will be seen that the lower horizontal bar 5()of the upper sash is constructed substantially the same as the verticalbars, eX- cepting that the inturned flanges 4:7 are on the side or faceinstead of on the edge, and the upper one of these return-bends offlanges 4:7 constitutes the lock edge of the upper sash. The horizontaltop rail of the lower sash is formed by two strips, one of which has ahorizontal return-bend 51, constituting the lock edge of the lower sash,which overlaps the lock edge of the upper sash, and in this return-bend51 engages an angle 52, formed on a strip 53, which constitutes one faceof the horizontal top rail of the lower sash and which has at its lowerend a return-bend 54, embracing an angle 55, extending downwardlythereinto from the lower edge of thepiece on which the return-bend 51 isformed.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a Window the combination cfa pulleystile and a sash, one of saidparts being provided with V-shaped vertical grooves, andantifriction-rollers on the other having V- shaped peripheries engagingin said grooves, substantially as set forth.

2. In a window the combination of hollow sash-bars comprising separatestrips forming the outer edges thereof, roller-brackets secured to theinner sides of said strips within said hollow bars, rollers journaled insaid brackets and projecting through said strips and a window-framehaving a part against which said rollers run for guiding the sash,substantially as set forth.

3. In a window the combination of afsash, a pulley-stile, and set-screwsoperatively connected to the upper and lower ends of said pulley-stilefor adjusting the same relatively to the sash, substantially as setforth.

4. In a window the combination of a sash, a pulley-stile having acompressible socket at one side thereof, a strip having a liangeembraced by said socket, constituting one face of the window-frame, anda back lining having a compressible socket at one edge receiving andembracing said strip, substantially as set forth.V l

OTTO E. CLUSS. Witnesses:

CHARLES W. OHRNDORE, HERMAN VON DER AHE.

